Augustus
Augustus
Augustuswas the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in AD 14...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionRoyalty
stars wish world
Apparently, the world is not a wish granting factory.
men simplicity fame
The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.
inspirational reading book
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is wholesome and bracing for the mind to have its faculties kept of the stretch.
christian fear dying
The ancients dreaded death: the Christian can only fear dying.
witty truth all-things
Truth, when witty, is the wittiest of all things.
people example excellent
Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.
men evil neighbor
A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself.
no-confidence confidence-in-others
Never put much confidence in such as put no confidence in others.
loss evil prejudice
It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of.
men thinking principles
Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them.
inspirational life positive
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
fear moving home
Ned made a tremendous rattling, at which Bullet took fright, broke his bridle, and dashed off in grand style; and would have stopped all farther negotiations by going home in disgust, had not a traveller arrested him and brought him back; but Kit did not move.
mainly stuff yelling
It wasn't what you'd expect. There wasn't a lot of yelling and stuff like that. It was mainly a lot of talking.
adapt adjust happened helped helps inspire katrina motivate victims witnessed
That helps motivate us. We witnessed everything that happened firsthand and the way we had to adjust and adapt to the situation. The Katrina victims really helped inspire us.